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Rajgir, Bihar Assembly constituency

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Rajgir Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 173 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Kaushal Kishore
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2020

Rajgir Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Biharsharif.[1]

Overview

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Rajgir comprises CD Block Giriyak; Nagar Panchayat Pawapuri, Nagar Parishad Rajgir.Gram Panchayat Nai Pokhar & Rajgir (NA) of Rajgir CD Block; Gram Panchayats Gorawan, Mahuri, Kul Fatehpur, Sabait, Dharhara, Nanand, Karianna, Ghostawan, Barakar, Pawadih, Gorma & Silao (NA) of Silao CD Block; Gram Panchayats Sakraul, Korai, Tungi, Muraura, Mahamadpur Nakatpura, Tiuri, Chhabilapur, Pawa, Hargawan, Singthu, Palatpura, Tetrawan, Paroha & Sarbahadi of Bihar CD Block.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[3] Party
1957 Baldeo Prasad Indian National Congress
Shyam Sundar Prasad Janata Party
1962 Baldeo Prasad Indian National Congress
1967 Jagdish Prasad Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Yadunandan Prasad
1972 Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu Communist Party of India
1977 Satyadeo Narain Arya Janata Party
1980 BJP
1985
1990 Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu Communist Party of India
1995 Satyadeo Narain Arya BJP
2000
2005
2005
2010
2015 Ravi Jyoti Kumar Janata Dal
2020 Kaushal Kishore

Election results

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Rajgir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kaushal Kishore 67,191 42.58
INC Ravi Jyoti Kumar 51,143 32.41
LJP Manju Devi 11,174 7.08
NOTA None of the above 1490 0.94
Majority 16,048 10.17
Turnout
Registered electors
JD(U) hold Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajgir[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Ravi Jyoti Kumar 62,009 41.75
BJP Satyadeo Narain Arya 56,619 38.12
CPI Amit Kumar Paswan 4,668 3.14
CPI(M) Parmeshwar Prasad 4,574 3.08
Majority 5,390 3.63
Turnout 148,513 54.12
Registered electors 274,435
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing

2010

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2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Rajgir[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Satyadeo Narain Arya 50,648 49.75
LJP Dhananjay Kumar 23,697 23.28
INC Moni Devi 6,598 6.48
Majority 26,951 26.47
Turnout 101,803 44.47
Registered electors 228,900
BJP hold Swing

See also

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Rajgir Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ "Bihar 2010". Election Commission of India.
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